T1 Determination

+ First run a one scan 1D proton spectrum. Use ns of 1 and ds of 0.

+ [Create Dataset], increment the EXPNO and choose PROTONT1 as the experiment.

+ In the [Acquire] window, select . This will open up a new dialog box. Do not click [OK]

yet.

+ To open the 1D proton spectrum, click and hold the left mouse button to drag the 1D proton dataset

into the data window. Expand the spectrum to display all peaks, leaving ca. 0.5 ppm of baseline on

either side of the spectrum. You may exclude the solvent peak as its T1 is likely to be quite long.

+ Then click [OK]. You will get the following message:

+ Click on [Close].

+ Select [AcquPars], and change d1 to 15 (or something you anticipate will be 5 times your longest T1).

The default is 10.

+ Edit the VDLIST by selecting the [E] button to the right of the VDLIST name box.

A new window will open up, similar to that seen below. Edit the values according to what you believe

your T1’s are. Note that this list can be changed and overwritten by anyone. Once you have changed it,

[File] – [Save], then [File] – [Close].

+ In the [AcquPars] – [A] tab, make sure TD in the F1 dimension matches the number of entries in your

VDLIST. In the above example, TD should 10 (the default).

+ Adjust NS, then select and .

+ Type xf2 to process the data (so it all gets transferred to the offline workstation).

Processing T1 – Method 1 with TopSpin

+ Type rser 10 (or whatever is your last entry) and ef to process the last spectrum. Type abs2 to baseline

correct. Adjust the phase manually, Save As 2D by selecting the button, then . The spectrum

will go back to the unphased view.

+ Click on the button (upper left hand corner).

+ Type xf2 to process only the F2 axis and you will get something like this:

+ Click on the [Analyze] button in the TopSpin Menu bar and choose . The menu buttons will

change to:

+ Click on

+ Click on

+ Enter the number of the last slice and [OK].

+ Click on

+ Click on and [OK] in the pop-up window.

+ This puts you in the integration mode. Integrate your peaks as normal, then select

+ Click on then [OK] in the pop-up window.

+ Select [OK]

+ Click on or to curve fit all datasets.

+ Read the message and click on [Close].

+ Click on

+ Click on [Close] and select Area for ”fitting type”.

+ In the T1 data display window, click on to calculate all the regions. Click on + to see individual T1

curves.

+ Click on to see the full report.

Processing T1 – Method 2 with Dynamics Center

+ Type xf2 to process only the F2 axis so that you can open the data in the Dynamics Center.

+ Open the Dynamics Center and select T1 from the left-hand menu.

+ Select the Sample submenu and enter information about your sample.

+ Select the Data submenu and browse to your processed data (will end in 2rr) as “pseudo 2D (N

traces)”.

+ Select the Analysis submenu and choose Inversion Recovery

+ Select the View submenu to see your results.

The Report can be saved as a PDF file: